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System Restore is a long-standing feature on Windows 11. Its purpose is to create snapshots of the computer's current working state and save them as "restore points" when specific events are triggered ...

Windows operating system ships with a nifty feature called System Protection. It is a feature that allows you to perform a system restore where you select an earlier point in time, called a system ...

Microsoft now sets a 60-day expiration for System Restore points on Windows 11. System Restore points previously aimed for 90 days, but often expired much sooner. Enabling System Restore is a valuable ...

A new feature called Point-in-time Restore is coming to Microsoft PCs, and will be available to Windows 11 and Windows 10 users. It means that you’ll be able to turn back time to the state your PC was ...

Windows 11 users will need to keep a close eye on their operating system’s restore points if they want to be able to recover their PC after a major outage, Windows Latest reports. With the June update ...

Microsoft has changed how Windows 11 manages System Restore points after its June 2025 security update. The update, KB5060842, says that starting with Windows 11 version 24H2, System Restore points ...

If Windows 11 no longer works properly, you can reset the operating system, download the installation files from the Microsoft cloud, and reinstall Windows 11. You can also restore your data in the ...